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Definition: Ultrasound |
UltrasoundNoun1. Very high frequency sound; used in ultrasonography. 2. Using the reflections of high-frequency sound waves to construct an image of a body organ (a sonogram); commonly used to observe fetal growth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: UltrasoundSynonyms: sonography (n), ultrasonography (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Ultrasound is sound or vibrations with frequencies too high to be audible by the human ear, above approximately 20 kilohertz. Some sound that is ultrasound to the human ear can be heard by animals, such as dogs. Ultrasound has industrial and medical applications. Medical ultrasonography can visualise muscle and soft tissue, making them useful for scanning the organs. However, they will not penetrate bone so they are not a substitute for conventional X-rays in many cases.
Ultrasonic cleaners, sometimes called supersonic cleaners, are used at frequencies from 20-40 kHz for jewellery, lenses and other optical parts, watches, dental instruments, surgical instruments, and industrial parts. Home cleaners are available and costs range from approximately US $100.
See also physics, light.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ultrasound."
Crosswords: Ultrasound |
| English words defined with "ultrasound": depth finder ♦ echocardiography ♦ fathometer ♦ sonic depth finder. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ultrasound": diagnostic cardiac sonographe, diagnostic medical sonographe ♦ ECHOCARDIOGRAPH TECHNICIAN, Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed, Echoencephalography, Endosonography ♦ Hyperthermia, Induced ♦ Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, imaging block ♦ OPHTHALMIC TECHNICIAN ♦ Phonophoresis, PHYSICAL THERAPIST ASSISTANT, physical therapy assistant, physical therapy technicia, physiotherapis ♦ ULTRASONIC TESTER, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Pulsed, Ultrasonography, Doppler, Transcranial, Ultrasonography, Interventional, Ultrasonography, Mammary, ultrasound energy, ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGIST. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Ultrasound (1998) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Ultrasound image of fetus at four months. Credit: CDC. |
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Health | Intraoperative ultrasound. (references) | |
Some doctors use ultrasound to see whether the appendix looks inflamed. (references) | ||
Diagnosis is confirmed using ultrasound, CT scan, or MRI of the kidneys. (references) | ||
Business | The other is a joint venture between GE and Central Medical Equipment Co. No. 1, which produces ultrasound equipment (Semi-Knocked-Down Assembly). (references) | |
There is also an increasing need for x-rays, magnetic resonance, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, hemodialysis equipment, ECG, EEG and disposable material. (references) | ||
Tread mills, tonometers, ultrasound inhalers, respiratory muscle training equipment, equipment for physical, ozone and hypoxia therapy, sleep therapy devices, orthopedic products are also produced at the domestic enterprises. (references) | ||
Economic History | India | Manufacturers of sophisticated systems such as ultrasound and CT scanners have been successful in the market. (references) |
Korea | However, import-substitution for basic medical supplies and certain goods, such as ultrasound diagnostic equipment, will grow. (references) | |
Russia | Russia still produces few high-end medical equipment items, including computer tomographs, ultrasound equipment, x-ray equipment, etc. (references) | |
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Fran Drescher | Well, I had pelvic exams. I had ultrasound. None of the ultrasounds showed a tumor the size of a walnut that was sitting in my uterus. |
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| "Ultrasound" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.36% of the time. "Ultrasound" is used about 144 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.36% | 133 | 27,614 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.17% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.08% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.39% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 144 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ultrasound": abdominal ultrasound ♦ transrectal ultrasound ♦ transvaginal ultrasound ♦ ultrasound energy ♦ ultrasound equipment ♦ ultrasound picture ♦ ultrasound scan ♦ ultrasound scanner ♦ ultrasound test. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "ultrasound": ultrasound-guided. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "ultrasound"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ultratingull. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مغال في الصوت. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свръхзвукови вълни, свръхзвук (supersound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 超声波. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | ultrazvuk, nadzvuk (supersound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | ultralydsvirkning (action of ultrasound), ultralyd (ultrasonic, utrasonics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | ultrasoon geluid, ultrasoon (utrasonics), ultrageluid (utrasonics), werking van ultrageluid (action of ultrasound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ultraääni. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ultrason (ultrasonic, ultrasonic frequency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Ultrawelle, Ultraschallaufnahme (scan, ultrasound picture), Ultraschall (ultrasonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υπέρηχοσ, υπέρηχος. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | ultrahang (supersonic wave). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ultrasuono (utrasonics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 초음파 (supersonic, ultrasonic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | asoundultray ultra-som. (various references) ультразвук (supersound). (various references) ultrazvuk. (various references) ultrasonido (action of ultrasound). (various references) ultraljud. (various references) ультразвук (supersound). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ultrasound": ultrasounds. (additional references) | |
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"Ultrasound" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ulstrasound, ultrasouns. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ultrasound" (pronounced u'ltrusou"nd) |
| 4 | -s ou" n d | resound, sound, unsound. |
| 3 | -ou" n d | abound, aground, around, astound, bound, browned, confound, crowned, downed, drowned, expound, found, frowned, ground, hound, impound, inbound, mound, newfound, pound, profound, propound, rebound, redound, renowned, round, surround, unbound, unwound, wound. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-l-n-o-r-s-t-u-u" | |
-2 letters: outlands, rotundas, trolands. | |
-3 letters: anurous, arduous, astound, daltons, ladrons, lardons, lurdans, nodular, outland, outruns, rotunda, runouts, sandlot, santour, sudoral, sutural, torulas, troland, tundras, unadult, undular, unloads, uranous. | |
-4 letters: adorns, adults, around, aurous, dalton, daunts, donuts, dorsal, douras, ladron, lardon, lorans, lunars, lurdan, lustra, outran, outrun, radons, rotund, rounds, runout, santol, santur, soland, soldan. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-l-n-o-r-s-t-u-u" | |
+1 letter: ultrasounds. | |
+3 letters: adventurously. | |
+5 letters: desulfurization, deuteranomalous, polyunsaturated, undervaluations. | |
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